May 2023

Bird stock dips 11% on news of reverse stock split

May 18, 2023

Shared micromobility company Bird’s share price fell 10.8%, or about two cents, in after-hours trading after the company said it would issue a reverse stock split. The move is Bird’s attempt to get back into compliance with the New York Stock Exchange after it received a delisting notice for trading too low. The news comes […]

Bird stock dips 11% on news of reverse stock split by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Cruise, Waymo near approval to charge for 24/7 robotaxis in San Francisco

May 18, 2023

Self-driving vehicle companies Waymo and Cruise are on the cusp of securing final approval to charge fares for fully autonomous robotaxi rides throughout the city of San Francisco at all hours of the day or night.  Amid mounting resistance to the presence of AVs in the city, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) published two […]

Cruise, Waymo near approval to charge for 24/7 robotaxis in San Francisco by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Supreme Court rules in favor of Twitter and Google, avoiding the issue of Section 230 for now

May 18, 2023

The Supreme Court resolved two adjacent cases aiming to hold social platforms liable for dangerous content on Thursday. The pair of cases, Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google, both sought to hold tech platforms accountable for hosting content from the Islamic State that promoted the terrorist organization in connection to violent attacks. The Supreme […]

Supreme Court rules in favor of Twitter and Google, avoiding the issue of Section 230 for now by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube will no longer be deleting videos from inactive accounts

May 18, 2023

Google updated its policy on inactive accounts on Tuesday, declaring that any account that has not been active in two years will be deleted. The people of the internet quickly pushed back: what about old YouTube accounts? There’s a trove of internet history lying in dusty corners of YouTube, not to mention the accounts of […]

YouTube will no longer be deleting videos from inactive accounts by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s podcast search results can now open shows directly in Apple Podcasts

May 18, 2023

Google has made it easier to stream from Apple Podcasts and others when searching for podcasts in Google Search. After earlier this year winding down a feature that let users play podcasts directly from search results, the company said it would “gradually” shift to a new design that would instead offer information about podcasts and […]

Google’s podcast search results can now open shows directly in Apple Podcasts by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch